“In Claire fashion”: Claire Wineland + organ donation with a health condition

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Claire Wineland — an author, inspirational speaker and social media star with cystic fibrosis — died last month at age 21 following a lung transplant. “In Claire fashion, she is an organ donor,” her family shared, noting that her kidneys helped save two people. Learn more about Claire and organ donation with a health condition.… Continue reading “In Claire fashion”: Claire Wineland + organ donation with a health condition

Life with Cystic Fibrosis: Three Teenagers’ Perspectives

Unlike most of the health conditions we cover at PatientsLikeMe, cystic fibrosis is one of the few communities where the majority of our members are under the age of 29.  In fact, approximately 60% of our 440 cystic fibrosis patients report that they either fall in the 0-19 or 20-29 age brackets. What exactly is… Continue reading Life with Cystic Fibrosis: Three Teenagers’ Perspectives